Schedule

As with prior years, we will have curriculum for wizards of all ages, from first years to final years. New to 2015, we will have a hands-on instructional day where you can hone your skills in the safety of a classroom.

Friday, 13 November

Workshop Day – More Speakers Coming!
Registration begins at 8 a.m.

Time Workshop Room One Workshop Room Three Workshop Room Two
9:00 am
Beginning Theme Development David Laietta, Micah Wood
Favorite session: Beginning Theme Development
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Nile Flores, Chris Edwards
Favorite session: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Getting Started with WordPress Topher DeRosia, Zac Gordon, Judi Knight
Favorite session: Getting Started with WordPress
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Beginning Plugin Development Devin Vinson, Josh Pollock, Josh Shashaty
Favorite session: Beginning Plugin Development
Content Production Jennifer Cox, Angelica Yarde, Andrea La-Rosa
Favorite session: Content Production
Getting Started With WordPress Topher DeRosia, Zac Gordon, Judi Knight
Favorite session: Getting Started With WordPress
4:00 pm
End of Day One

Saturday, 14 November

Registration begins at 8 a.m.
KidsCamp: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (with regular lunch break)
Learn more about KidsCamp

Time Design Development 1 Development 2 User
8:40 am
Opening Remarks – Atrium
Favorite session: Opening Remarks – Atrium
9:00 am
Teaching Your Clients How to Use WordPress Nile Flores
Favorite session: Teaching Your Clients How to Use WordPress
How Do You Grow Your Garden of Knowledge? Pull Mandrakes! Jessica Stewart
Favorite session: How Do You Grow Your Garden of Knowledge? Pull Mandrakes!
Let WordPress Speak to Your Users: Introducing wp.a11y.speak() Jeffrey de Wit
Favorite session: Let WordPress Speak to Your Users: Introducing wp.a11y.speak()
Must Have Blogging Tools Frank Corso
Favorite session: Must Have Blogging Tools
10:00 am
Mobile-First Design: How and Why Mobile Design Comes First Jesse Petersen
Favorite session: Mobile-First Design: How and Why Mobile Design Comes First
You Should Probably Be Using PHPStorm Josh Shashaty
Favorite session: You Should Probably Be Using PHPStorm
BrickPress – Merging LEGO Master Builder Techniques with WordPress Adam Soucie
Favorite session: BrickPress – Merging LEGO Master Builder Techniques with WordPress
Custom Built Themes vs. Premium Themes: Advantages and Disadvantages of Both Jean Perpillant
Favorite session: Custom Built Themes vs. Premium Themes: Advantages and Disadvantages of Both
11:00 am
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly: Rapid Fire Website Critiques Judi Knight
Favorite session: The Good, the Bad and The Ugly: Rapid Fire Website Critiques
Best Friend || Worst Enemy: WordPress Multisite Taylor McCaslin
Favorite session: Best Friend || Worst Enemy: WordPress Multisite
Be a Good 3rd Party Developer Citizen Chad Windnagle
Favorite session: Be a Good 3rd Party Developer Citizen
Live Streaming on a WordPress Site Bess Auer
Favorite session: Live Streaming on a WordPress Site
12:00 pm
Offsite Lunch
2:00 pm
Managing Project Expectations and Roadblocks David Yarde
Favorite session: Managing Project Expectations and Roadblocks
WordPress REST API & Amazon Web Services Adam Bradford
Favorite session: WordPress REST API & Amazon Web Services
An Introduction to PHP Classes Micah Wood
Favorite session: An Introduction to PHP Classes
WordPress Plugins I Can’t Live Without Thomas Giella
Favorite session: WordPress Plugins I Can’t Live Without
3:00 pm
Modern Visual Design Trends Barry Nadler
Favorite session: Modern Visual Design Trends
WordPress and the Chamber of Single-Page Apps Daniel Walker, David Khourshid
Favorite session: WordPress and the Chamber of Single-Page Apps
Five Events In The Life Of Every WordPress Request You Should Know Josh Pollock
Favorite session: Five Events In The Life Of Every WordPress Request You Should Know
The Ultimate Guide to UTMs Chris Edwards
Favorite session: The Ultimate Guide to UTMs
4:00 pm
But Why? Designing For Strategy Michelle Schulp
Favorite session: But Why? Designing For Strategy
Defence against the Dark Arts: Writing Secure WordPress Plugins and Themes Jonathan Brinley
Favorite session: Defence against the Dark Arts: Writing Secure WordPress Plugins and Themes
Introducing WordPress Multitenancy Cliff Seal
Favorite session: Introducing WordPress Multitenancy
Repurposing Your Blog Posts: How to Save Time byExtending the Life of Your Content Andrea La-Rosa
Favorite session: Repurposing Your Blog Posts: How to Save Time byExtending the Life of Your Content
5:00 pm
End of Day Two
7:00 pm
After Party at Big Belly

Sunday, 15 November

Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Contributor Day! (during afternoon sessions)

Time Business - Sponsored by Liquid Web Business for Developers Design Development 1 Development 2 Panel User Workshop
7:00 pm
After Party at Big Belly
After Party at Big Belly
After Party at Big Belly
After Party at Big Belly
9:00 am
Networking Brunch
Networking Brunch
10:00 am
When Giving It Away is a Mistake 15 Years of Lessons Learned About Being Too Nice Scott Mann
Favorite session: When Giving It Away is a Mistake 15 Years of Lessons Learned About Being Too Nice
Lessons in Plugin Development: Successes and Failures of a Large Free Plugin Chris Wiegman
Favorite session: Lessons in Plugin Development: Successes and Failures of a Large Free Plugin
UX Panel Paul Hershey, David Yarde, Jeffrey de Wit, James Tryon
Favorite session: UX Panel
11:00 am
WordPress Growth Hacks Chris Lawson
Favorite session: WordPress Growth Hacks
Mischief Managed: Handling Support & Remote Teams Trey Praytor, Kimberly Lipari
Favorite session: Mischief Managed: Handling Support & Remote Teams
Security Panel Russ Sanderlin, Topher DeRosia, Jonathan Brinley, Frank Corso, Chris Wiegman
Favorite session: Security Panel
12:00 pm
Google Analytics Mike Hansen
Favorite session: Google Analytics
Five Strategies to Boost Profits James Aubele
Favorite session: Five Strategies to Boost Profits
Education Tech Panel Susanna Miller, Zac Gordon, Gregg Pollack, Josh Murdock
Favorite session: Education Tech Panel
1:00 pm
Lunch
Lunch
2:00 pm
Work Smarter not Harder: WordPress for the Average Business Tim Sisson
Favorite session: Work Smarter not Harder: WordPress for the Average Business
The Hidden Benefits of Difficult Customers Brian Jessee
Favorite session: The Hidden Benefits of Difficult Customers
Business Panel Scott Mann, James Tryon, Adam Soucie
Favorite session: Business Panel
Contributor Day Anthony Burchell, Jeffrey de Wit
Favorite session: Contributor Day
3:00 pm
WordPress for Everyone: Case Studies for Non-Profits, Education, and Bloggers Angelica Yarde
Favorite session: WordPress for Everyone: Case Studies for Non-Profits, Education, and Bloggers
Time Management is not Arithmancy Stephanie Brinley
Favorite session: Time Management is not Arithmancy
Google Analytics Panel Mike Hansen, Nile Flores, Chris Edwards
Favorite session: Google Analytics Panel
4:00 pm
The Forgotten 30% James Tryon
Favorite session: The Forgotten 30%
Selling WordPress: Save or Make Them Money Scott Buscemi
Favorite session: Selling WordPress: Save or Make Them Money
Multisite Panel Taylor McCaslin, David Parsons, Andrea La-Rosa
Favorite session: Multisite Panel
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks